Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-2017 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Edmonsoft Countdown Builder
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
LOW Availability impact
NONE Summary
The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the conditionsRow and switchCountdown functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject PHP Objects and modify the status of countdowns.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8fab229-cd6b-45a3-9e80-a03a1704ad3e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L92
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097588/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3096150/